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Clinical Trial

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Location: Delaware Valley

Trial Name

Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study on Current Treatments of Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease

What is the trial about?

We are creating a database to learn about hip development in patients who have Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (Perthes), also known as idiopathic femoral head osteonecrosis.

Who can participate?

• Diagnosis of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (Perthes)
• Males or females, ages 6 to 17
• Treatment plan of nonoperative or operative management

What is involved?

Six hundred patients at 53 study sites will be recruited. We plan to recruit 30 patients at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½. The study will last five years, and visits will follow the normal clinical visit plan. The following procedures, except for the questionnaires, are part of the normal clinical visit plan:

• Clinical examination
• X-ray
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Questionnaires (research only)